The Ceremony History and Significance RITUAL, PRACTICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL NOTES; AND THE TEXT OF THE ENGLISH, ROMAN, GREEK AND JEWISH CEREMONIES Revised and enlarged edition of The Christian Marriage Ceremony Οὐκέτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σαρξ μία. Ματθ. ιθ' στ'. BY THE Rev. J. FOOTE BINGHAM, D.D., Litt.D. Author of The Twin Sisters of Martigny, Francesca da Rimini, Canova's Bonanza, etc. NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET Copyright, 1871, by ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY Copyright, by J. F. BINGHAM, 1899 and 1900 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE GABE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD GO, II. General Characteristics and Changes of the Ac- III. Text of the American Ritual, 5 7 12 38 45 A. - APPENDICES. The Text of the Ceremony of the Church of England, PAGE. 159 44 Eastern or Greek Ch., 205 E.The Religious Ceremony attending the Rite of Cir- cumcision, . F.-Concerning M and N in the Marriage Service, G.- 759 PREFACE. THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE CEREMONY has been for some years out of print. I was unwilling that another edition of it should issue until I should have made upon it certain alterations and additions. The result is this, in effect, new book with a changed name. The changes will sufficiently appear in the body of the text as well as in the notes. More than twenty years' further study of the Holy Word, of the great Rituals, of the History of the Church and of Christendom, has modified my earlier judgment, especially in regard to the position which the Christian Church must hold concerning the indelibility of her own function. The Preface to the former edition has been omitted. An Introduction which should lead to a clearer comprehension of the argument has been written. The whole text has been carefully revised, enlarged, and corrected to date. Two |